nimbus-eth1/nimbus/sync/flare/worker/start_stop
Jordan Hrycaj 71e466d173
Block header download beacon to era1 (#2601)
* Block header download starting at Beacon down to Era1

details:
  The header download implementation is intended to be completed to a
  full sync facility.

  Downloaded block headers are stored in a `CoreDb` table. Later on they
  should be fetched, complemented by a block body, executed/imported,
  and deleted from the table.

  The Era1 repository may be partial or missing. Era1 headers are neither
  downloaded nor stored on the `CoreDb` table.

  Headers are downloaded top down (largest block number first) using the
  hash of the block header by one peer. Other peers fetch headers
  opportunistically using block numbers

  Observed download times for 14m `MainNet` headers varies between 30min
  and 1h (Era1 size truncated to 66m blocks.), full download 52min
  (anectdotal.) The number of peers downloading concurrently is crucial
  here.

* Activate `flare` by command line option

* Fix copyright year
2024-09-09 09:12:56 +00:00
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ticker.nim Block header download beacon to era1 (#2601) 2024-09-09 09:12:56 +00:00